White House, Giorgia Meloni for Donald Trump: “Make the West Big”

During the bilateral in the oval studio with the first minister Giorgia Meloni, President Donald Trump said he was in a hurry to want to reach trade agreements since, according to his thesis, “they are helping to enrich the United States.” However, on the occasion of Meloni’s visit, Trump did not exclude the possibility of reaching a commitment to Europe. “There will be no problem making an agreement with the EU about duties, there will be no problems with anyone,” said Trump. During the bilateral Meloni, he reiterated the importance of strengthening cooperation between Italy and the United States. “We talked many of the things that Italy and the United States can do together, such as defense, economy, space and energy – said Meloni – Italy will have to increase its LNG imports and also nuclear energy, which we are trying to develop, I think there is no time to collaborate and Italian companies will invest for many years, as you know, in the next few years they believe in 10 years. Invitation to an official trip to your country.

Meloni also praised the US leader, stating that “the goal for me is to make the West big again,” echoing the slogan of Trump’s election campaign. Meloni said he shared his fight against ideology “woke up”. Trump also praised Meloni, claiming that “he has conquered Europe”: “He is an exceptional person – said the US President – I like Giorgia Meloni a lot, he is one of the real leaders of the world. An exceptional first -first is doing exceptional work in Italy.” Meloni also declared “fair that he is the first -minister of Italy, who has an excellent situation, despite the contingency, is a stable country, with another million jobs.” During the bilateral, Trump spoke of the conflict in Ukraine, claiming that after numerous fake matches, the United States are ready to deal with Ukraine in access to the country’s essential minerals: “We have an agreement on minerals,” Trump said, adding that the mineral agreement between the United States and Ukrainians will be signed on Thursday. The tycoon also praised Italy, judged “very useful” with regard to support for Ukraine. Meloni also announced that, during NATO’s next summit, Italy will announce an increase in expenses to 2% in defense: “Europe is committed to doing more – said Meloni – is working on the tools to allow and help the states -to -increase defense expenses. Another theme was the negotiations between the United States and Iran over nuclear energy. Agreement is not reached “it will be very bad for Iran”.